Nutrition and Child Care

This assignment delves into the critical aspects of nutrition in early childhood. It examines the diverse nutritional needs of infants and toddlers, emphasizing the significance of each food group for their growth and development. The document also discusses the vital role of breast milk and infant formula in providing essential nutrients during the first six months of life. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of introducing additional vitamins after six months as children's dietary requirements evolve. The assignment emphasizes the crucial role childcare plays in fostering healthy eating habits by discussing strategies for promoting nutritious meals and snacks.

Childcare

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
5.1 Nutritional value of the main food groups............................................................................1
5.2 Nutritional requirement and feeding method........................................................................2
5.3 Role of the early years' practitioner......................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
This report describes the different stages of nutritional requirements and feeding methods
of children aged. In Oder to understand the process of development of the baby (Singer, 2017).
In this report is focused on the role of the early years' practitioner in meeting children's
individual dietary requirements and encouraging healthy eating. Further, it covered varies
affecting method are used in nutritional.
MAIN BODY
5.1 Nutritional value of the main food groups
The key of healthy eating is to enjoy the variety of nutrition are food from each of the
five food groups. Using the table of the worksheet displays the 5 food groups on a plate, in the
quotient that should be feeding them end-to-end a day (Brendtro, 2017). If eat variety of goods in
day to day life, body is collect all type of nutrition and vitamins at need to function. It is one of
the most important part for day to day life for human beings. There are give food groups must be
follow in day to day life.
 Breads, cereals and potatoes : This is to be provide source and useful to children to
improve health. With the help of such things, children's are to provide some nutrition.
 Fruit and vegetables :- This is to be provide source of vitamins and minerals and
beneficial for internal body. One of the most important is vitamin's C. The body is stay
healthy or fit (Thompson, 2018). There should be eat five portion a regular day.
Vegetables are to be provide the large part of regular activity.
 Starchy food :- In addition, bread, cereals and potatoes. This is to be make up about the
one third of each and every day or provide some nutrition, which is beneficial for internal
body of human beings.
 Grain food :- In this grain foods always select wholegrain or high fibre mixture of breads,
seed, rice, alimentary paste, attic, etc. Civilized atom commodity (such as cakes or quick
bread) can be high in added refined sugar, fat and sodium. Some cakes and other heavy
sugar items are harmful for internal body and increase the level of fat (Dujardin, 2018).
In addition, main alimentary carbohydrates, fibre, some calcium and cast-iron, B
grouping nutriment.
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 Meat, fish and egg:- In all Meat, fish and egg is give higher number of protein, vitamins
and minerals. This is help to improve condition level of children and help to repair the
tissues in our body.
 Milk and dairy foods :- This is to be provide good source of protein and content calcium.
It is beneficial for baby and body functions are work in good way.
 Foods from this food group are a good source of energy, fibre and B vitamins. We should
aim to make these foods the main part of meals. Bread, rice, potatoes, pasta and other
starchy foods like cereals are low in fat. It is what we add to them that makes a
difference, such as butter on potatoes or creamy sauces on pasta.
 Fibre is helpful in controlling our weight because it fills us up quickly, but it has other
health benefits too, such as preventing constipation, protecting us against some types of
cancer and reducing our risk of heart disease.
 Food supplies nutrients to the body, which help us to maintain our nutritional status and
health. For example, apple can be classified, as food, as it is capable, of being ingested,
digested and finally supplies nutrients to the body after being absorbed. These materials
help the body in carrying out the day today activities and thus maintain health.\
For example :
 Fat : Fats provide your body with energy to carry out daily activities. They also serve as
carriers to the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. Fat deposited in your body acts as an
insulator preventing loss of heat. Fats from fish help lower your blood cholesterol, low-
density lipoproteins and triglycerides.
 Sugar : Since sugar is a carbohydrate, it acts as the main source of energy to your body.
Simple sugar acts as an immediate source of energy when metabolized. Complex sugars
are able to provide your body with long-lasting energy as opposed to simple sugars. Your
body breaks down any sugars you consume into simple sugars so that it can absorb them.
 Salt : Salt contains sodium, an ingredient that helps in controlling blood pressure and
volume. It also facilitates the proper functioning of your nerves and muscles by
stimulating contraction. In addition, it helps in preventing your muscles from cramping.
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5.2 Nutritional requirement and feeding method
There are some Nutritional requirements are to be focus on different factors are as
follows :
 Babies are get vitamins that they are need from breast milk and infant formula milk. On
the other side, time will be change and after getting six months is need some extra
vitamins increase (Araujo, 2018). Babe are given birth with nutrients that they have
acquired while in the womb; this assistance to supply some alimentary that they will
demand. The rest is provided by milk. From 0–4 months, the champion form of
alimentary is body part milk/formula-feed/a collection of both.
 The Department of Health currently recommends that infants should be breastfed (if
possible) until they are 6 months old (Rice, 2017s). Babe will slow be present to age and
phase befitting food from the time of life of 6 months and this will see purred food with
no ADD salty or refined sugar.
 Sitting up independently - can they sit easily in a highchair with their back supported?
This is a really important sign as it will ensure that, when eating solid foods, your baby’s
body will be in the correct, vertical position in order to properly chew, swallow and
digest the food that he or she eats.
 Baby lead wining ; This means quite simply just letting your baby feed themselves. You
just hand them the food in a suitably-sized piece and if they like it they eat it and if they
don’t they won’t.
 Spoon-fed weaning involves you spoon feeding your baby smooth mashed food or
purees, progressing to thicker mashed foods with soft lumps and then onto minced and
chopped food from around 9 months.
 1 to 2 years :- Fruit – 1 cup, Vegetables – ¾ cup, Solanaceous foods (cereals) – 3 or
same, Food/fish/eggs and beans – 2 or equal, Dairy product and dairy foods – 2 crockery,
Fat and refined sugar – bound to ½–2 child-size part etc.
 2 to 3 years :- Fruit and veg – 4 servings a day, Stiff foods – 4 portion a day, Dairy
product and dairy foods – 2–3 portion a day, Fat and refined sugar – Limit to ½–2 is
depended on child size.
 3 to 5 age group :- In this age group is increase the level of quantity, with guidance of
health care children doctors.
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5.3 Role of the early years practitioner
With communities becoming more diverse and allergic, it is important that practitioners
should be aware of children’s dietary requirements. They should need to connect with parents in
order to be aware of any allergies or specific cultural or religious requirements. They should
always have knowledge about the importance of diet to children’s development. Practitioner
should understand the nutritional needs of the children of different age groups. Nutritional value
of some main food groups for children are as follows:
 Children's rights: They should be provided with all the nutritions they required at the
particular age group to stay fit and healthy.
 Welfare of Children's: Its practitioner job to maintain the good welfare of the children
bye providing proper nutrition to the children.
 Long term effect: Practitioner should make children and their parents aware of the long
term effects (positive and negative both) of the nutritions they are taking.
Implementing meal time routine : Children who have mealtime routines know what to
expect when it is time for family meals. They also are more successful at learning healthy habits,
such as washing their hands. You can easily create a mealtime routine by using one of our handy
charts, which you can post as a visual reminder to your child - and the rest of the family! Soon,
the routine will become a habit.
Presenting food in appealing ways : A well presented plate of food enhances the dining
experience. Professional chefs and fine dining restaurants will have you believe that creating
such beautiful plates of food requires years of skill. But with a bit of imagination you too can
present great looking dishes. Creative food presentation ideas are those in which there is a
balance of colour, texture and shapes.
Presenting a variety of foods : There are so many ways how one meal can be served and
presented. Learn the basic rules about serving and food presentation. How to use an unusual
technique for food presentation with simple plates, and how can create interesting food
presentation just with use of unusual kitchen utensils.
CONCLUSION
Form the above report is support on variety of nutrition are food from each of the five
food groups. As per the above report need from breast milk and infant formula milk. On the
other side, time will be change and after getting six months is need some extra vitamins increase.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Singer, E., 2017. Child-care and the psychology of development. Routledge.
Brendtro, L.2017. The other 23 hours: Child care work with emotionally disturbed children in a
therapeutic milieu. Routledge.
Thompson, R.H., 2018. The handbook of child life: A guide for pediatric psychosocial care.
Charles C Thomas Publisher.
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Dujardin, C 2018. Does Formal Child Care Availability for 0–3 Year Olds Boost Mothers'
Employment Rate? Panel Data Based Evidence from Belgium. Annals of Economics and
Statistics/Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, (129), pp.103-126.
Araujo, M.C 2018. Child Care Quality and Child Development. Journal of Human Resources.
Rice, K.R 2017. Patterns and Correlates of Sedentary Behaviour in Children Attending Child
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Vandeweghe, L 2017. Erratum to: Perceived effective and feasible strategies to promote healthy
eating in young children: focus groups with parents, family child care providers and
daycare assistants. BMC public health, 17(1), p.181.
Howard, K.A 2018. Primary Care Obesity Prevention in 0-2 Year Olds Through Parent
Nutritional Counseling: Evaluation of Child Behaviors and Parent Feeding Styles.
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